World's Best Universities
Statistics and Operational Research
Students earning a degree in statistics and operational research study subjects such as mathematics, computer science, and decision making. Graduates can work in fields that range from auditing to hospital management. These are the world's top universities for statistics and operational research. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
93.8 | 100.0 | 85.3 | 76.2 |
| #1 |
Stanford University
United States |
96.5 | 99.7 | 87.3 | 90.0 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
95.1 | 98.1 | 84.0 | 90.3 |
| #4 |
Harvard University
United States |
92.3 | 95.8 | 100.0 | 76.3 |
| #6 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
86.9 | 93.1 | 52.2 | 82.5 |
| #5 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
90.2 | 92.2 | 86.9 | 84.9 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
86.4 | 90.0 | 95.1 | 69.6 |
| #27 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
77.8 | 87.3 | 86.3 | 40.2 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
84.4 | 86.9 | 82.9 | 76.5 |
| #12 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
82.9 | 86.7 | 93.6 | 64.0 |
| #10 |
Princeton University
United States |
83.7 | 86.6 | 85.8 | 72.5 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
83.1 | 86.1 | 84.3 | 72.2 |
| #13 | 82.3 | 85.2 | 67.6 | 79.3 | |
| #16 |
University of Chicago
United States |
80.5 | 84.0 | 81.9 | 67.5 |
| #9 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
84.3 | 83.8 | 79.2 | 88.8 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
79.5 | 83.0 | 87.7 | 63.0 |
| #14 | 81.6 | 82.8 | 84.1 | 76.2 | |
| #24 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
78.6 | 82.5 | 66.3 | 71.1 |
| #19 |
University of Michigan
United States |
79.9 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 73.6 |
| #21 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
79.3 | 80.6 | 80.4 | 74.0 |
| #16 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
80.5 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 78.6 |
| #23 |
Yale University
United States |
78.7 | 80.6 | 89.0 | 66.8 |
| #25 | 78.1 | 80.5 | 75.5 | 71.2 | |
| #15 |
Tsinghua University
China |
81.4 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 83.6 |
| #31 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
76.1 | 79.9 | 91.8 | 55.0 |













